An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier, right, takes a break as he sits behind his fellow soldiers during the passing-out parade ceremony of 945 recruits in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. CRPF is one of the largest paramilitary force in the world with a strength of over 250,000 personnel, meant to maintain law and order and contain insurgency across India and are also deployed for United Nations missions.

An Indian girl asks for alms amidst monsoon rains, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Indian Muslim youth dive as flood waters enter the tank of the 600 year old Sarkhej Roza architectural complex, which has been dry for the last seven years, in Ahmedabad on July 14, 2013. The Sarkhej Roza is maintained by the Archeological Survey of India and this tomb and mosque of a Sufi saint are known in this region as 'Ganj Bakhsh'.

An Indian Border Security Force soldier marches during the flag off ceremony at India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post on July 9, 2013. In a goodwill gesture to boost the peace process with India, Pakistan released seven Indian national prisoners.

The new Jaguar F-Type car is pictured while Indian models look on during the vehicle's launch event in Mumbai on July 8, 2013. Jaguar &amp; Land Rover India launched the F-Type S and F-Type V8S sports cars, priced at 13.7 million rupees (USD 213,000) and 16.1 million rupees (USD 264,000) ex-showroom in Mumbai.

A Muslim boy sits before his iftar (breaking fast) meal on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in India at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi in this July 11, 2013 file photo.

An Indian couple sit together under an umbrella during heavy rain showers at the sea front in Mumbai on July 12, 2013. The monsoon season, which runs from June to September, accounts for about 80 percent of India's annual rainfall, vital for a farm economy which lacks adequate irrigation facilities.

Unidentified Indian women cry at the site of a building collapse where their relatives are stuck inside the debris, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 8, 2013. An official says a two-story hotel has collapsed in southern India, killing at least 10 people and injuring 12 others.

Schoolchildren play with balloons during a function honouring Jyoti Basu's birth centenary in Kolkata on July 8, 2013. Basu was the Chief Minister of the Left Front government of West Bengal state from 1977 to 2000, a position he held continuously for a record 23 years making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any state of India.

An unidentified Indian woman cries as she stands near the dead bodies of victims of a building collapse at the mortuary of Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 8, 2013. The two-story hotel collapsed in southern India early Monday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 18 others, police said.

Indian students paint umbrellas with slogans and pictures during an awareness event to mark World Population Day in Allahabad on July 11, 2013. Africa and Asia are the continents that will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a UN report said earlier in the year noting that India and China are leading the surge. The Earth's population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier. It stood at three billion in 1950, reached seven billion in 2011 and is likely to reach about 9.5 billion by 2050 -- a rise that will occur especially in the poorest countries, according to UN estimates.

Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan (C) arrives for the cremation of late actor Pran in Mumbai on July 13, 2013. India's veteran actor Pran, who played villain and character roles in over 400 films, died at the age on 93 and was cremated July 13 in Mumbai.

A Buddhist monk offers prayers a day after a series of explosions at the Mahabodhi or the Great Awakening Temple, in Bodh Gaya, India, Monday, July 8, 2013. Two people were wounded in the eight blasts that went off Sunday in and around the main temple complex in Bodh Gaya, the town where the Buddha is believed to have gained enlightenment. (AP Photo) INDIA OUT.

India s ruling United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, left, speaks with Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shine at the premise of the Mahabodhi Temple, one of the sites of Sunday s serial blasts, at Bodh Gaya, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. One man has been detained and sketches of two others have been prepared as investigators searched for clues Monday into a series of blasts at some of Buddhism's holiest sites in Bodh Gaya, the town where the Buddha is believed to have gained enlightenment.

An Indian girl looks inside a car and asks for alms during monsoon rains, in Jammu, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Indian women cover themselves with plastic sheets to protect themselves from the rain in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, July 11, 2013. The annual monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Indian Buddhist monks line up as they prepare to leave after participating in a silent protest in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, against the series of blasts at some of Buddhism's holiest sites in eastern India. Two people were wounded in the eight blasts that went off Sunday in Bodh Gaya, the town where the Buddha is believed to have gained enlightenment.

India's Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah salutes as a police guard of honour perform a drill at the Mazar-e-Shohda (Martyr's Graveyard) in Srinagar on July 13, 2013, during a ceremony held to mark the 82nd anniversary of Kashmiris slain by the army of a Hindu king. Authorities in Indian Kashmir deployed thousands of security personnel in the main city of Srinagar to prevent separatist protests on a key state holiday, officials said. July 13 is marked in Indian Kashmir as 'Martyrs' Day', which marks Maharaja Hari Singh's use of force in 1931 to quell protests against his rule, resulting in the death of 23 Muslims.

From left, India s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi attend the party's parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 8, 2013. Modi attended Monday the second meeting of the Parliamentary board after BJP announced his name to head its 2014 election campaign, indicating he would be its choice for prime minister if the party were to win.

Women activists from India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shout slogans against Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as they protest against inflation and calling for better security for women in New Delhi on July 13, 2013. The demonstrators alleged the UPA government was responsible for rising prices of several essential commodities including rice, wheat, milk, vegetable and cooking gas.

Indian commuters make their way along a flooded street after a heavy downpour in Amritsar on July 8, 2013. Heavy rains, which fell in several areas of northern India, brought respite to the scorching heat which has dominated life in the northern plains in previous days.

Indian Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari (C) and actor Abhay Deol (R) pose with Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India Eberhard Kern (L) during a news conference at the launch of the new Mercedes-Benz B Class 180 CDI in Mumbai on July 11, 2013.

An Indian farmer boy sows paddy saplings as it rains in a field in Uruwa village, about 50 kilometers (44 miles) South of Allahabad, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The annual monsoon rain which usually hits India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

In this photograph taken on July 13, 2013, retired Indian telegraph employees greet each other at a function at the Central telegraph office in Hyderabad. Thousands of Indians crammed into telegram offices to send souvenir messages to friends and family in a last-minute rush before the service shuts down. July 14, 2013, is the last day that messages will be accepted by the 162-year-old service, the last major commercial telegram operation. In the days before mobile phones and the Internet, the telegram network was the main form of long-distance communication, with 20 million messages dispatched from India during the subcontinent's bloody partition in 1947.

An India Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier participates in the passing-out parade ceremony of 945 recruits in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. CRPF is one of the largest paramilitary force in the world with a strength of over 250,000 personnel, meant to maintain law and order and contain insurgency across India and are also deployed for United Nations missions.

Buddhist monks offer prayers for peace during an inter-faith prayer meeting at Raj Ghat, the memorial to the Father of the Indian nation Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi on July 9, 2013, after multiple explosions at The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya on July 7. Multiple small bomb blasts at one of Buddhism's holiest sites -- the Bodh Gaya temple complex in eastern India -- wounded two monks but the historic temple was undamaged, police said. The Indian government called the blasts a 'terror attack' after nine bombs exploded at the complex in Bihar state which attracts Buddhists and other visitors from all over the world. Buddhist communities urged people to practice tolerance and work together in constructive ways to address conflict and differences.

An Indian woman tries to avoid raindrops on her face as she rides behind a man on a bike in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 8, 2013. The annual monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

To go with story India-telecommunication-telegram,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this picture taken on July 10, 2013 rubber stamps are pictured at the Central Telegraph Office in New Delhi. After 162 years of connecting people, India is now set to disband the world's last major telegram service and its legions of cycle-borne delivery workers. With the service made redundant by a technological revolution, the final message will be sent next Monday, July 15.

Rescue workers retrieve a dead body from the debris of a building that collapsed in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. The two-story hotel collapsed in southern India early Monday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 18 others, police said.

An Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel with national flag painted on his face participates in arms drill during the passing out parade ceremony of 945 recruits in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. CRPF is one of the largest paramilitary force in the world with a strength of over 250,000 personnel, meant to maintain law and order and contain insurgency across India and are also deployed for United Nations missions.

Indian farmer girls stand in the rain in a rice field at Uruwa village, about 50 kilometers (44 miles) South of Allahabad, India, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The annual monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Indian policemen in plain clothes escort the juvenile accused (C) in The New Delhi Gangrape case as he leaves The Juvenile Justice Board building in New Delhi on July 11, 2013. A juveniles' court in New Delhi hearing the case of a teenager suspected of taking part in a gang-rape last December that shocked India has deferred announcing a verdict until July 25, a prosecutor said.

Indian Border Security Force personnel march as they take part in the flag off ceremony at India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post on July 9, 2013. In a goodwill gesture to boost the peace process with India, Pakistan has released seven Indian national prisoners.

India Border Security force personnel patrol as they prepare for the flag off ceremony at India-Pakistan Wagah Border Post on July 9, 2013. In a goodwill gesture to boost the peace process with India, Pakistan released seven Indian national prisoners.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General Aditya Mishra (C) and BSF personnel address the media during a press conference at the BSF head quarters in Ram Tirth, some 12 kilometres from Amritsar on July 11, 2013. Eight packets of heroin were recovered near the India and Pakistan ,Border Out Post (BOP) Wadhai Cheema. The narcotics were allegedly smuggled into the country from neighbouring Pakistan, officials said.

Indian commuters travel through a market area of New Delhi on July 10, 2013, on the eve of World Population Day. Africa and Asia are the continents that will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a UN report said earlier in the year noting that India and China are leading the surge. Earth's population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier. It stood at three billion in 1950, reached seven billion in 2011 and is likely to reach about 9.5 billion by 2050 -- a rise that will occur especially in the poorest countries, according to UN estimates.

An Indian farmer carries rice paddy to sow in a field as it rains in Uruwa village, about 50 kilometers (44 miles) South of Allahabad, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The annual monsoon rain which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Indian mother Geeta (R) looks on as her newborn baby girl rests at a government hospital in Amritsar on July 11, 2013, on the occasion of World Population Day. Africa and Asia are the continents that will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a UN report said earlier in the year noting that India and China are leading the surge. The Earth's population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier. It stood at three billion in 1950, reached seven billion in 2011 and is likely to reach about 9.5 billion by 2050 -- a rise that will occur especially in the poorest countries, according to UN estimates.

India's Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (C) places a wreath at the Mazar-e-Shohda (Martyr's Graveyard) in Srinagar on July 13, 2013, during a ceremony held to mark the 82nd anniversary of Kashmiris slain by the army of a Hindu king. Authorities in Indian Kashmir deployed thousands of security personnel in the main city of Srinagar to prevent separatist protests on a key state holiday, officials said. July 13 is marked in Indian Kashmir as 'Martyrs' Day', which marks Maharaja Hari Singh's use of force in 1931 to quell protests against his rule, resulting in the death of 23 Muslims.

Pregnant Indian women wait for a check-up at a government hospital in Amritsar on July 11, 2013, on the occasion of World Population Day. Africa and Asia are the continents that will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a UN report said earlier in the year noting that India and China are leading the surge. The Earth's population is expected to roughly triple by 2050 compared to a century earlier. It stood at three billion in 1950, reached seven billion in 2011 and is likely to reach about 9.5 billion by 2050 -- a rise that will occur especially in the poorest countries, according to UN estimates.

Indian farmers work in a field at the village of Kitang, outside Gangtok, the capital of the north-eastern state of Sikkim on July 7, 2013. Over 70 percent of Indians depend on farm incomes and about 65 percent of India's farms depend on rains that fall between June and September.

In this photograph taken on July 10, 2013, a round stamp used for stamping telegram forms is seen at the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai. Thousands of Indians crammed into telegram offices to send souvenir messages to friends and family in a last-minute rush before the service shuts down. July 14, 2013, is the last day that messages will be accepted by the 162-year-old service, the last major commercial telegram operation. In the days before mobile phones and the Internet, the telegram network was the main form of long-distance communication, with 20 million messages dispatched from India during the subcontinent's bloody partition in 1947.

Indians are hit by surf at the sea front while monsoon rain falls in Mumbai on July 12, 2013. The monsoon season, which runs from June to September, accounts for about 80 percent of India's annual rainfall, vital for a farm economy which lacks adequate irrigation facilities.